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Thursday, January 5, 2012

This month's spotlight staff member is: Michelle Stankevicius from the Professional Development team. Let's find out more about Michelle:

SLI: How did you become involved with SLI?
MS: I was a teacher at Maria Saucedo Academy and SLI was providing professional development workshops for the staff. I got to know more about the people and mission. I left teaching after my second child was born to spend more time with my family and work part time for SLI.

SLI: Why did you choose to become involved in education?
MS: I always wanted to be a teacher. I love working with kids. I love seeeing the faces of children light up with then understanding something new!

SLI: Now for the fun stuff. Which celebrity do you most often get mistaken for?
MS: Well, I have been told that I look like the country singer Trisha Yearwood. I'm not so sure about that.

SLI: Did your parents ever tell you why they chose your name? Is there a good story behind it?
MS: My mom says I was named after the Beatles song, "Michelle." My dad says I was named after Mickey Mantle.

SLI: If you were a crayon, what color would you be?
MS: I think a periwinkle blue. It's a fun, calming color.

About SLI

The Mission of Strategic Learning Initiatives is to work with schools to dramatically improve classroom practice and district results.

The key to our success in our hometown, Chicago, is that we use the power of research as the guide to improving results in the classroom. Chicago is home to the best long-term research in the nation revealing what works—and what doesn’t—in education. We bring the best of that research and the best research from the world of business that tells us about total quality improvement to each of the schools where we work.

We know the qualities that must be present in a school in order for it to succeed. We work with our schools, principals, teachers and parents to ensure those qualities are present.

In schools where Strategic Learning Initiatives is at work, teachers teach, re-teach, and teach again until every student achieves mastery and the entire school moves forward.

Contact us for more information: 312-738-0022 ext. 1111 Educational Program Asst.